Standard Tetum-English dictionary
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Bibliographic Information
Standard Tetum-English dictionary
Allen & Unwin in association with the University of Western Sydney, 2001
2nd ed
Available at 4 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
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  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
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  Tokyo
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  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
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  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
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  United States of America
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A fully revised and expanded edition of the "Tetum-English Standard Dictionary". It provides an exhaustive list of words and idioms belonging to the Tetum language as it is spoken in the territory of East Timor, all with English equivalents. The lexical range covers the register of common colloquial and literary Tetum (Tetun-Prasa), archaic rural Tetum (Tetun-Terik) and local dialects. The aim of the dictionary is to present an accurate and up-to-date description of the vocabulary of Eastern Tetum language in alphabetical order, with grammatical classifications, English equivalents, idiomatic examples, a brief sociolinguistic introduction, a guide to spelling and pronunciation, and a short appendix of Indonesian words in current use in East Timor but not yet integrated into literary Tetum. Because of its comprehensive nature, the dictionary should serve jointly the needs of non-Timorese studying Tetum, East Timorese seeking a guide to correct standard spelling and synonyms, and linguists and ethnologists interested in the speech and culture of the people of East Timor.
Table of Contents
iii Lia Maklokekv Introductionxi Spelling and Alphabetxvi Word Building in TetumDICTIONARYIndonesianisms in current colloquial usage
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